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The World Cup final is set, with Messi and Argentina facing Yamal and Spain for the title on Sunday
The best offense. The best defense. The World Cup final is set, and fittingly, a clash of styles awaits. Lionel…
Burundi starts taking COVID-19 seriously, begins screening
NAIROBI,Kenya (AP) — Burundi launched a campaign of mass screening for COVID-19 on Monday, indicating that the new president is changing policies to more assertively combat the spread of the disease.
A look at a Colorado Black man's death in police encounter
DENVER (AP) — Amid the protests across the U.S. against excessive police force against people of color, Elijah McClain’s name has become another rallying cry.
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Hezbollah, Hamas blast Israel's annexation plans
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and the Palestinian Hamas on Monday said Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank is an “aggression against the Palestinian people” and called for unity to conf…
Police say man accused of crashing gate threatened Trudeau
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A military reservist who allegedly crashed his truck through a gate on the grounds where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives was armed with two shotguns, a rifle and a revolver, and threatene…
Hong Kong police granted sweeping powers under security law
HONG KONG (AP) — In implementing the national security law for Hong Kong, police will have sweeping authority that allows them to take actions including conducting searches without a warrant, restricting suspects f…
France: Macron ousts interior minister after police protests
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron ousted his top security official Monday following protests over police brutality, part of a government shakeup aimed at focusing on France's post-pandemic economic reco…
Convicted Florida killer back in Minnesota on murder charges
OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a woman in Florida so she could assume her identity has been returned to her home state to face trial on allegations that she killed h…
Tokyo Olympics seek COVID-19 defenses, but what exactly?
TOKYO (AP) — As the president of the Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Mori knows experts will have to come up with defenses against COVID-19 for the postponed games to open a year from now.
World's longest-surviving conjoined twin brothers die at 68
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The world's longest-surviving conjoined twins died July 4 at the age of 68.
Miami-Dade County imposing restrictions after cases spike
MIAMI (AP) — Hospitals were fast approaching capacity in Florida and Texas, and the Miami area closed restaurants again Monday because of the surging coronavirus, as the U.S. emerged from a Fourth of July weekend o…
Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge virus can spread in air
LONDON (AP) — More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air — a change that could alter some of the current measures bei…
Man arrested in Germany after estranged wife killed on bus
BERLIN (AP) — Police in southern Germany say a 37-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his estranged wife to death on a public bus.
Harvard invites freshmen to campus, but classes stay online
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University's freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required to learn remotely from home, the Ivy League school announced…
Brazil police finish investigation into National Museum fire
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's Federal Police on Monday wrapped up an investigation into a 2018 fire at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro that destroyed much of its 20-million-artifact collection, and ruled out…